Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/December 2006

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December 1

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 1

1. Youngest admin?

December 2

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 2

1. Dealing with images
2. Dealing with images
3. Magic word for user name?
4. Most In-line references
5. ditting Dispute
6. JNANA YOGA SADHANA
7. What should I name this article to distinguish it from others?
8. Different language, same article interelationship
9. How to delete
10. How do I edit a list of links?
11. evert a redirect
12. How to determine efficiently the title by means of the version id?
13. What?
14. How to filter "articles only" in Wikipedia XML dumps?
15. Get an XML version of an article through Special:Export by using the version id only?
16. Bocked IP
17. html code

December 3

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 3

1. Speedy delete?
2. My References are not accepted
3. eferences
4. ntitled Question
5. My article doesn't appear
6. Image licensing
7. how to add a listing to a category
8. Asking about processor
9. Images from other websites?
10. Using "director videos" from YouTube as sources/references...yay or nay?
11. How do I know the information is true and correct?
12. Translating pages
13. wiki pipe syntax in an Apache software v2 licensed project
14. Where's the best place to ask about an article (besides its talk page)
15. What happened to Special:My Contributions?
16. MAIL
17. Skeleton for starting assessment department
18. infobox div / Edit link alignment
19. way to tell when a category has a new member
20. "Silicon" page doesn't appear to print properly
21. Picture of the day
22. system integrity

December 4

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 4

1. OGG
2. Someone merged an article that I opposed on the talk page - what can I do?
3. pam?
4. Edit Summary
5. Wrong name on article - but can I prove it?
6. can I talk to an IP whose address keep changing?
7. Wikipedia has a problem.
8. Edit section link
9. User editing own bio
10. Numerous edits
11. Creating another disambiguation
12. Change Name from Michelemoore to MicheleMoore
13. radio
14. Skins
15. Dealing with .ogg files
16. Which kind of pages Wikipedia counts to achieve 1.5 million articles?
17. can i use picture/images
18. help me what to do now
19. rss feeds
20. Watchlists and logs
21. hydralic formulas
22. can any buddy explain it?
23. Deleting others' comments on one's own talk page
24. Adding a Category to an article without adding the article to a Category?
25. Tips for working on multiple sister projects?
26. A question about tables
27. deleting a page that has since been redirected to correct page
28. new article
29. helicopter parents
30. Those funky table thingies.
31. Where can one ask for more people to edit an article?
32. External Links
33. The Thursturain Chronicles
34. ever Mind...
35. HELP
36. Add anonymous contributions to my user account?
37. edlinks
38. New Article and No Original Research Question
39. Where to lodge a complaint
40. Figure not right
41. untitled question
42. My contribution
43. Reference Needed
44. eferences

December 5

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 5

1. Dealing with a dead link
2. 3RR in regards to speedies
3. font size
4. References/Page Numbers
5. Deleting My Account
6. erging History
7. KTM SCHEDULE TO KLUANG
8. Proper format?
9. Moving a Subpage
10. Special:Filepath
11. chlorination
12. ARTICLES
13. edits to since deleted articles
14. VFD (I think thats what its called)
15. creating my userpage
16. edit external links
17. uestion About Removing Links on other programs
18. Enfamil
19. Statitistics on paticular pages or search terms
20. Where'd that box come from?
21. Cannot log on
22. A tracker
23. stadium
24. nfo has disappeared from page
25. alk pages
26. eader text

December 6

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 6

1. Editing (spacing) question
2. errors on "Knight" entry page
3. Importing Maple 10 Workbook
4. Ellipsis
5. About the programs in the university
6. My Watchlist
7. tatement
8. The Road Less Travelled
9. Citing sources previously cited
10. AFD discussion template
11. Maurice 1900-2000
12. Removal of vandalism warning and other negative comments from user's talk page
13. image portrait/landscape problem
14. How to get our organisation listed?
15. Sending and Receiving messages
16. [Final Fantasy XI]] is somehow listed in Cleanup templates
17. Effecting a CfR
18. Short Story Analysis
19. Huge table
20. Infobox Template Help
21. ategories
22. mage Tags
23. How????
24. Thanks
25. dits not showing
26. WikiProject banners
27. Hmm...
28. Also
29. Fair Use Image Licence
30. Infobox
31. Mediocre response to a poll
32. Encyclopedia?
33. New topics
34. Album and song articles
35. copyedit tag runs over?

December 7

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 7

1. Uploading a Picture
2. Where's the right place to ask about specific articles?
3. revert
4. Indirect references
5. Posting poetry in justified columns
6. What is the copyright status of the User namespace?
7. Can edit history be removed?
8. Watch list questions
9. Can I record Vocals?
10. Parental controls on wikipedia
11. How to become a moderator?
12. How can I get information about Goverment Grants with having a credit card
13. Cannot edit text I added
14. Hooge (hallig) vs Hooge, Germany
15. Links
16. CatScan, toolserver, argh
17. hiva vandalism
18. Protect or Semi-Protect an article
19. WP:CFDS
20. Problems seeing locator maps in infobox
21. Using Academic Sources
22. Login successful, but then "Not logged in"
23. Does Psychology/rewrite need to be deleted or turned into a redirect?
24. link to image on commons
25. Can an edit history be transferred to a page that already exists?

December 8

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 8

1. Author?
2. Lower and Upper Case
3. ochin estuary
4. nothing to edit in "edit this page"
5. DELETING IMAGES
6. Edit the Size of the Edit-Pane
7. Editing: Keyboard Shortcuts?
8. "I'm busy in real life" template
9. pload
10. changing my password
11. taking songs from ipod to computor
12. Contractions
13. Spell Checker?
14. The naming of disambiguation pages
15. Figures of Light Entry
16. German picture into English lemma
17. After several tries, I can't get the email confirmation to work Chris Follows 15:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
18. ORIGINS OF WIKIPEDIA
19. Adding <a name=> Tag (ANSWERED)
20. Some other part of the article
21. Some other article
22. Whoops, sorry
23. Lang Michener LLP Posting
24. Hmm
25. fix it
26. Um
27. rticle
28. geek
29. how will I know my page is approved?

December 9

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 9

1. sign in
2. ames bond parodies
3. why delete?
4. My Upload
5. I need help
6. usa patriot
7. Categories
8. A Page Full of External Links
9. Getting full (rather than subset) of category contents on single page
10. Spam, spyware in Wiki Link.
11. iki syntax
12. info
13. Blocking Malicious Spammers
14. Using Wikipedia/Commons images?
15. nternet connectivity Gprs
16. editing already posted text
17. Log-in Issues Related to Satellite Modem
18. author
19. how do you create pages?
20. Every time i edit a Moderator will change it back
21. Article contributors/administrators
22. username
23. who has final oversight over edits?
24. Broken bot?
25. start medicare
26. uggesting a merge
27. your NSDAP page
28. Two IP edit warriors
29. ysterious Template for Deletion
30. ASA

December 10

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 10

1. Remove Picture
2. Changing an Article Name
3. Parameter values through nested templates
4. New article
5. urning URLs into sources
6. This sounds nuts but???
7. What Does <br/> & <br/> Do?
8. div
9. Reverting a Image that has been changed
10. giving credits for information
11. What percentage of users (roughly speaking) register with their real names?
12. What Does <tt> & <tt/> Do?
13. What Does <br> & <br/> Do?
14. IPA Pronunciation instruction on article pg
15. Image Use
16. sending
17. POV and AfD
18. External links to blogs
19. Uploading
20. User Page as Sandbox?
21. logging in
22. Keyboard Thingy
23. creating a biography
24. ALSO
25. Add Jackpin to Wikipedia
26. Ongoing problems with wikipedia?
27. Help Me My Template Doesn't Work
28. eird redirect problem
29. moving
30. math rendering in Firefox
31. agalog
32. FILM article
33. diting article on sister
34. Current discussion at Virtual classroom
35. See How the people who stalk me on line will not let me search your site?
36. What is the approximate size of the entire wikipedia database?

December 11

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 11

1. con
2. Posting Pics On The Top Of The Page
3. Audio files on wikipedia
4. con
5. My Uploaded Files Not Recognized?
6. Writing articles about your own site
7. isplay issue
8. links to dates
9. Multiple uploads
10. just wrote my first article
11. pronunciation
12. Transsexual
13. Translate Article
14. mail
15. Deleting an entry
16. Missing edit/How to "talk" on a page
17. How to I add myself to various categories of wikipedian?
18. Articles with similar names to existing articles
19. Category link not working
20. Suggestion
21. Unsourced article tagged by SmackBot has beeen repaired. What happens next?
22. reating a page
23. [Portal:Spaceflight]]
24. hair problem
25. Deleting My Account
26. Finance question: Which reference disk?
27. Add an edit to my Watchlist
28. mecury messenger of the gods logo
29. Guidance in contacting our Congressman
30. Problem logging in
31. Sourcing a modified image
32. Incorrect Information
33. Bogota Clumbia

December 12

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 12

1. ant reply
2. How to find the number of articles in a category
3. Template
4. new category
5. Last Approved Revision
6. eb TV
7. (top)
8. How hard is it to get someone to second my complaint about an admin?
9. edirect
10. Proofreaders needed
11. Another page for my userpage
12. Italics
13. atelite pictures
14. Accused of vandalism!
15. how can i enter a new topic into wikipedia?
16. Ariakkath MAna
17. How does one save a Wikipedia Web Page?
18. OSM
19. Link to e-mail address?
20. talic text and signatures
21. kojo williams on the school of excellence academy.
22. Getting Started
23. Search engine summary
24. Best place to pursue an RfC on copyvio/legal issue?
25. MCO
26. Wiki stopped working

December 13

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 13

1. about herb & spices
2. HELP Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired.
3. How to create a section of text that must be kept together as one word?
4. Deleting user
5. History of the board game Monopoly
6. Martin Lawrence Show
7. itations
8. Corrections to the article title
9. Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India
10. Love By Design name/title change to upper/lower case
11. can't update article talk page
12. Bots
13. How do I create an article?
14. Moving article from en-version to da-version
15. tech help
16. logging in
17. Edit removals
18. epentent sockpuppets
19. Unable to write an article in Vikipedia as the interface is too complicated.
20. Then Just What IS a 'User Name'?
21. Creating or editing maps
22. Number of article views
23. links
24. Citing an Interview?
25. Categorizational Sorting
26. Including video in an article, what template to use?
27. Sign-in confirmation email appears to work, then can't login
28. Molson Cup Toronto Maple Leaf Winners
29. Editor can't see Wikipedia anymore
30. My post was put as vandalism
31. anthony walker
32. Easily targeted pages

December 14

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 14

1. isambiguation
2. Penelope Cruz
3. "say where you got it"
4. Image vandalism
5. A fresh pair of eyes (and a calculator) on Women's suffrage [1]
6. Warwick, Queensland
7. Multi-way merge and upgrade
8. Are WP:3 decisions binding?
9. Work cited
10. searching for deleted page
11. hotos and Wikimedia Commons
12. What happened to Wikipedia? it looks funky?
13. How to Align Userboxes on the Right
14. What is the user page and my talk page?
15. Inappropriate word
16. Hello My Dear Colleagues
17. Photo
18. Mail list
19. How I can place a photo?
20. I want to place a photo on Papo Lucca article
21. Helicopter Anatomy
22. here are my bloody edits?
23. wu
24. Upload pdf
25. Administrator abuse.
26. a news event
27. Who is the Web Manager of Wikipedia
28. disabling editing from non or newly registered users
29. Forgotten Edit Summary
30. How do I revert articles?
31. A shortcut key
32. cannot edit Hurriyet
33. Help with links
34. My own pictures of a celebrity

December 15

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 15

1. Is there any problem with TOCs?
2. Auto-subst all existing transclusions of a template?
3. What Does moz Mean?
4. Airports in India
5. ML Programming
6. echnology...
7. QUESTIONS
8. how to change my password??
9. vandalism
10. Help
11. uploading images
12. unnamed question
13. Member Authorization
14. Reporting possible bug
15. Editing page's content
16. Is it possible to search for specific usernames?
17. Changing author listed in page history
18. here to discuss technical limitations of Wiki?
19. "." Error Msg During Image Upload
20. What's the longest article on wikipedia?
21. Fair use for scientific figure

December 16

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 16

1. What's happening here - is a user receiving vandal warning for making constructive edits?
2. rticle creation
3. edit Neuromuscular disease page or new page
4. Sorting by Month on Category pages
5. List of Users
6. nfo on templates?
7. Help Requested
8. How Can I Delete My Account?
9. english
10. use of punjabi and hindi fonts
11. Offline?
12. Possible Plagiarism
13. Capitalization dispute
14. Userboxes
15. recent changes
16. New here
17. Finding non-linked uses
18. Image replacement
19. Closing XFD debates
20. Editing title
21. lagging Articles?

December 17

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 17

1. Creating a page in wikipedia namespace
2. how do i?
3. Adding comments to the edit
4. Authorising use in public domain
5. Missing Article
6. Help “un” orphaning
7. rticle with wrong name
8. High resolution fair use image
9. Adding to Wikipedia
10. very stupid question from non-html editing person
11. you have a message notification/ doesn't go away
12. What is an ED troll?
13. creating an entry
14. Propose an edit to Special:Upload
15. Deletion
16. deleting account
17. orgot password...
18. indef block rules?
19. download
20. t. etna eruption violence
21. Whats the box that says You can give the gift of knowledge?
22. I have 2 questions

December 18

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 18

1. Where can I report an editor who is posting abusive and threatening comments in edit summaries?
2. A Really Snappy User Page/Talk Page
3. large number of lists of questionable validity
4. Creating and editing maps
5. editing
6. Copyright problem: Junaid Jamshed
7. opyvio?
8. Help
9. Change in behavior in "expandable" navboxes
10. Image:Alexis Bledel.jpg
11. question about images
12. How to continue an archived help desk thread?
13. Continuing 12/13: "Sign-in confirmation email appears to work, then can't login"
14. printer-friendly Wikipedia?
15. Long lines, no formatting.
16. May have missed the FAQ answer
17. how to write a letter an hospitals adminstrators for help
18. Ultramarines Dreadnaught
19. Destination path for uploaded image files
20. wikipedia
21. wikipedia
22. finding content of deleted pages
23. Show/hide
24. Please advise on this issue
25. Wikipedia Search Toolbar
26. Mainspace sandbox
27. needed script
28. Old (dead) sources
29. How to enter a discussion of an entry being considered for deletion

December 19

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 19

December 20

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 20

1. Image Names with Underscores
2. Logging in
3. act tags question ANSWERED
4. Guide to templates?
5. IRC
6. %#@$&
7. Goof sections.
8. uestion about proposed deletion process
9. how do i create a page in wikipedia
10. Inappropriate articles in category
11. Collating sequences of double-barrelled & split surnames in categories etc...
12. Template for a Customized (Alphabetized) table
13. deleting images, changing copyright options
14. How does one find out the date their account was made?
15. Copyright for a composite map
16. Ucc form for filing a lien on property
17. Translations in the English Wikipedia
18. What is the name of the fund raiser software you guys are using?
19. Refs gone funny...
20. where is the create a page
21. table of contents
22. 20 of december 1989

December 21

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 21

1. Mobile Wikipedia
2. math rendering in Firefox
3. Distributing Text
4. dogs name
5. How do I correct spelling mistakes on Head Title of aritcles?
6. Article submitted Nov. 16 still not showing up
7. rotection
8. mages
9. nexpected change?
10. Benjamin Netanyahu article, artistic picture, but not a fiting one.
11. Editing a page
12. An Analytical Study on Assessing Human Competencies Based on Tests
13. Copyright vio--deleted from website?
14. Category:Broken_redirects_for_speedy_deletion
15. Wikipedia Page Layout
16. Bullet Points in Infoboxes
17. auto language select and audio reading of wiki
18. Wikipedia:Requested articles is a bit confusing
19. Adding a link
20. Mearging articles
21. riprap
22. Way to sync my own MediaWiki site with WIkipedia content?
23. United States presidential election, 2008
24. Category Help
25. Any advice on how to handle this?
26. pillars of creation lost

December 22

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 22

1. Signature name
2. Browser Compatability Problem?
3. Controlling the table of contents
4. user name
5. diting pages
6. Susan Johnson needs disambiguation
7. Artcile ID
8. Page move: target already exists.
9. who were the zorastarians
10. Rules on illegal content
11. Help (watchlist question)
12. Change Submission Title
13. Policies on links to files
14. Medical expenses incurred abroad
15. Infobox position
16. Duplicate articles
17. Helping identify image issues
18. Recent posting under the name Analog Ear
19. Hi Question about youtube
20. EDITING A NEWLY SUBMITTED ARTICLE
21. Deleteing relevant RS cites without discussion
22. Images and access
23. Problems with graphics anchoring
24. Edit problem within sections on WP:RD/H

December 23

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 23

1. Help Changing Title Information...
2. ew Page
3. Saving articles
4. Question marks where text cannot be displayed: affects editing?
5. New Policy?
6. #Vandalism-en-wp
7. Software problem?
8. Possibly Controversial Essay
9. How do I start?
10. Numbers
11. Indian states
12. Cant post a Video link on Ehud Olmert page
13. Popular Queries
14. Deleted article?
15. Information about films in production
16. Referencing a Talk Page to Group Multiple Sources into One
17. Proposal for a New Wiki

December 24

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 24

1. Error on Line 3787
2. submission
3. Images from Internet sites for fair use
4. Inserting a logo
5. What are the green and red numbers?
6. How Do I get..
7. The red and green numbers in brackets
8. **** template won't ****ing work
9. ecent Vandalization
10. ecent Vandalization
11. INDIAN CIVIL LAW ON PROPERTY
12. seeking to the roots
13. Four80East
14. GTA missions articles
15. Userboxes
16. hello
17. AFC Archiving
18. ornography
19. Legality Across Languages
20. international student
21. Saving Wikipedia articals
22. Logo
23. Searching the Internet for Paula Insel
24. MoS info on the propriety of acronym article titles?
25. Bot patrolling for cross-namespace redirects
26. I would like a link added to the Wikipedia article about the Beta Israel.
27. What is the "dismiss" link
28. permission to create breathcube article?
29. Why Oh Why??!!
30. Copywrite violoation
31. Changing IP addresses

December 25

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 25

1. Newsletters
2. Hiding Text in Articles
3. PRevent loss of changes when an edit conflict occurs
4. Justify text nect to an image
5. ikipedia is fucked up big time!
6. opulating Wikipedia
7. Is it considered acceptable practice to "refactor" someone else's Talk page entries?
8. Table Formatting
9. how do I create a new page when a different page has the same title I need to use?
10. Help Using Collapsible Text Boxes
11. Determining whether a particular user is logged in or not
12. Unnamed question
13. congenital spherocytosys
14. ow to rename a page?
15. andalism

December 26

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 26

1. Suggestion Box
2. ictures
3. erged, need help
4. Looking for vandal template
5. free download softwares
6. Naming an article on a person who uses multiple psuedonyms...
7. Dealing with advertising articles
8. Reverting edits
9. andalism?
10. letter writing
11. can't view images
12. Citing a computer program
13. Copyright violation/non-violation
14. False and Inflamatory Statements
15. What is the proper way to use content from Wikipedia on website?
16. ubstituting in the current username
17. Login Problem -- yes, I read the FAQ ;-)
18. eleting a page
19. Userbox alignment

December 27

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 27

1. Problem with Tables
2. edit template
3. account problems
4. Search
5. Editing a photo
6. What is the policy for creating articles on TV shows?
7. How do I use a page name that's already in use, and the new reference is more well-known than the current reference?
8. how do i delete or rename an article?
9. Number of files
10. Someone has redirected a topic page to a potential sub-topic page...
11. Slow response time acccessing Wikipedia
12. Using templates from other Wikipedia's
13. rticle talk page archiving
14. Gerald Ford's Page
15. replacing an image with a new one
16. Check Queen Elizabeth's site - There is filth on the entry.
17. How to contribute to Talk Page
18. +'s and -'s
19. Numbers listed in history
20. roblem with Reference Section
21. Esther Garcia Cartagena
22. How to place links between different language pages?
23. links
24. Abuse
25. Importance issue with new article
26. importing images from other language wikipedias
27. autograph page
28. Question on new articles about books

December 28

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 28

1. Date and Time format
2. The Never Ending Debate
3. My Subpages
4. Image vandalism
5. Is there anyway to change a username?
6. Erroneous sockpuppet finding
7. emplate bug
8. Contacting Editors
9. getting clarification on a specific article
10. gallery rendering?
11. Nuclide
12. Indicating Translations
13. Watchlist
14. Can my article be reviewed before it is saved?
15. Yu-Gi-Oh disputes
16. Photo Free use?
17. accidentally erasing underlined dates etc.
18. Merge/move questions
19. Strange talk page I found
20. I created a page but the name is wrong, how do I change it?

December 29

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 29

1. presidential decisions
2. Policy on articles being hijacked?
3. Question about blocking
4. Temporary fonts needing to be installed
5. "Stable version" of wikipedia website?
6. monobook.js subpage question
7. Deleting Unsourced Material
8. what is the name Ponzi Scheme named after?
9. Useful Photos?
10. Rating Articles
11. "I am not able to edit semi-protected articles..."
12. WIKIPEDIA TOOLBAR
13. toring articles
14. Posting Company Profiles
15. Almost scammed!
16. Weird change in userbox... How can it be fixed?
17. What happened to "Bob Barr" article
18. deletion
19. Merging articles and preserving history
20. Wikipedia
21. How do I restore a deletion..?
22. bug?
23. eferences
24. What is preferred? [[Insect]]s or [[Insect|Insects]]?
25. Help!
26. User Talk
27. earch
28. omments
29. Firefox/editbox weirdness
30. edirect issues
31. why is username capitalized?
32. Image Gallery Does Not Show
33. "See also" guidance
34. Block Reasons
35. ontacting an editor
36. orders
37. Positive and Negative numbers?
38. Drop Down Menu

December 30

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 30

December 31

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006 December 31

1. Vote for deletion
2. ,,,,, HELP,,,,  : }
3. Reversion of edits
4. great britan
5. Holly Golightly
6. Complete quote of Wikipedia article
7. text
8. Unnamed question
9. ew page
10. Where do I go / what do I do with this issue.
11. image and then next header problem
12. placeopedia
13. How many links?
14. Can an article title start with a lower-case letter?
15. Trivia
16. Image deletion
17. Personal testimony and documentation
18. Links deletion
19. Generating list of subpages
20. getting out